March is off to a good start in the butterfly house. Today we had five more monarch butterflies emerged, eager to fly free. It never gets old, carefully having them crawl on your hand before they are ready to fly. I am sure by the end of March we will hit, well, surpass 400 successful monarch butterflies released.
One of the first nectar plants I bought when I started my butterfly garden was the blue mistflower. There was something about the pop of color, the shape and apperance of the flower that drew me in. I have attempted to grow this flower in my garden and have never had success no matter what kind of spot, full sun/part sun/ shade.
Well, I am over the moon happy that I grew some from seed. It took a while for it to mature, but, it is finally blooming, and I could not be happier!!
I have more starting from seed that I hope will have the same success rate. The butterflies love this plant as much as I love it being among the plants of my garden.
Really, what’s better than growing something from seed and watching it flourish?
